Privacy

Kerb, in Is there a good android keyboard on f droid that is privacy and swipe friendly?
@Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

i use Thumb-key,
its very strict about privacy,
and all about swiping inputs.
but its a rather radical concept.

i used hacker’s keyboard a lot,
but i never used swiping before Thumb-key,
so i dont know how well it supports swiping.

I also used Gboard a lot, because i really like the clipboard functionality,
but thats obviously what you are trying to get away from.

guyrocket,
guyrocket avatar

Thumb-key looks interesting. How steep do you think the learning curve is?

ETA: clarity

Kerb,
@Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

id say it took at least a week of concious effort to not switch back.
after that it was still patchy but usable for a few weeks.

now i mostly got it down, and imo my biggest gripe now is the lack of a dictionary/spellcheck.

keep in mind that i dont chat much,
so it might be a faster adaption, if you write a lot.

kindenough, in Qwant - The European search engine that respects your privacy
kindenough avatar

I for one am not trusting this search engine for one bit

Since mid-2016, the company has started sending data to Microsoft Bing Ads, without informed consent of its users. It did not announce this to its users until mid-2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant#Controversies

Lasairiona,

@kindenough Thanks, I had no idea! I will pass this on to the person that made me aware of it!

henfredemars, in DuckDuckAssitant is back!

Looks cool! Do they have something like a mobile app?

Facni,

I think it will be available in the ddg app.

nehal3m, (edited ) in What risks are there running WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger on Windows?

Hmm. At the risk of pulling an ‘I use Arch btw’…

You are using Meta’s WhatsApp and Messenger, so apparently you’ve already decided to trust that company with the contents of your chats. That’s fine, I personally don’t, but I’m not judging.

Then, you’ve also already decided to trust Microsoft with everything else you run on your computer since you’re using Windows.

What then are you trying to protect yourself against by using PWA’s instead of native applications? Maybe it’s worth some time to evaluate your threat model.

edit: Sorry, wrong link. This is more relevant.

doublejay1999, in What risks are there running WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger on Windows?

If you have a Facebook account, they already have everything they need .

I_Miss_Daniel,

Having them isolated in their own Firefox profile keeps them a little separated from the rest of my browsing activity etc. It’s not perfect but it’s better than nothing.

rottenwheel, in Is thenewoil.org a useful resource?

It is useful for people with limited tech knowledge in my opinion. As far as I know, the goal behind the site is to be a friendly resource for newcomers to get their first steps towards a more privacy-conscious Internet usage.

celeste,
celeste avatar

Thank you! I saw it recced but the mention was on a post from years ago.

aeon, in Youtube Adblock-blocking is getting out of hand

Yes, I had the same issue. I am starting to move off of YouTube. I wish people would start to self-host, or P2P share their videos more if bandwidth cost is an issue...a few channels I watch however has telegram where they post their videos. So I usually just watch from there.

loki, in Omnivore: Open source Pocket alternative for Passionate Readers

omnivore is great for those newsletter emails from cluttering your email.

Mr_Blott, in They Sell Your Data to EVERYONE

I’d rather sell 50g of my own shite to a databroker than watch a video with a thumbnail like that tbh 😂

NathanUp, in Guide: Tips to Reduce Google's Control over You
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

It’s a shame the article promotes Gab.

“Widely described as a haven for neo-Nazis, racists, white supremacists, white nationalists, antisemites, the alt-right, supporters of Donald Trump, conservatives, right-libertarians, and believers in conspiracy theories such as QAnon”

ShadowRebel,

It’s true that there is content that is controversial on there and I do not agree with. But you can not put a neo-nazi in the same category as a right-libertarian

NathanUp,
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

There is an awful lot of crossover.

JackGreenEarth, in Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data

AI was always the reason for wanting users’ data, what do you think Facebook’s ‘algorithm’ is? Now it’s just a different type of AI.

burndown, in First U.S. Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might Be Coming

Here’s hoping

ono, in Demo: Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS

Sigh. Yet another example of why scripting in general, and off-site requests especially, should not be allowed in web pages by default.

kindenough, in Qwant - The European search engine that respects your privacy
kindenough avatar

No worries, I was interested in your post because I like a good search engine with respect to privacy of it's users, but when I read further into Qwant it all seems very shady from CEO to investors and not respecting privacy at all, only to inform users 5 years later of their partnership with Bing.

Have a good weekend, Lasairiona

Lasairiona,

@kindenough I'm currently using the Duckduckgo browser for 95% of my online stuff. Sadly it doesn't work with a lot of payment sites, so it's back to Chrome for that (I know Firefox has more privacy, I just never really got into it).

I also found Startpage recently, but they went the way of Qwant as well https://restoreprivacy.com/startpage-system1-privacy-one-group

Have a good weekend too!

uglytruck, in How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals).

I'd love to see a comparison of all the social apps compared to Windows Telemetry, Google Play Services and Apple.

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